Julian Lewis MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Advanced Therapy Medicinal ProductsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61481More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will designate a Minister in his Department to (a) have responsibility for the field of cell and gene therapies and (b) chair his Department's Advanced Therapies Medicinal Products Coordinati
Answer: The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Patient Safety, Women’s Health and Mental Health, Baroness Merron, is the Minister with responsibility for life sciences and innovation, and cell and gene therapies are included in this remit.In September 202...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBreast CancerDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61480More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to (a) increase awareness of, (b) improve screening for and (c) develop research into lobular breast cancer; and what recent discussions his Department has had with NHS Englan
Answer: Improving the early diagnosis of cancer, including lobular breast cancer, is a priority for NHS England. The National Health Service will improve cancer survival rates and hit all NHS cancer waiting time targets, so that no patient waits longer than they ...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPaediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome and Paediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric DisordersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49303More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to facilitate the circulation of material to General Practitioners advising how to (a) recognise and (b) treat with (i) antibiotics and (ii) anti-inflammatory medications the
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent, expert body that develops evidence-based guidelines for the National Health Service on best practice. While the NICE currently has no plans to issue guidance on paediatric ac...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative Care: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42385More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) mechanisms exist and (b) steps he is taking to ensure that integrated care boards are accountable for their commissioning of children’s palliative care.
Answer: Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for the commissioning of palliative and end of life care services, including for children and young people, to meet the needs of their local populations. To support ICBs in this duty, NHS England has published...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSurgical Mesh ImplantsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33846More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish current waiting lists totals at each of the mesh removal centres set up following the publication of the Cumberlege report; and whether mesh-damaged women are given an option to
Answer: Tackling waiting lists is a key part of our Health Mission and we are taking steps to return to the 18-week standard. The Elective Reform Plan sets out how the National Health Service will reform elective care services to meet the 18-week referral to trea...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSurgical Mesh Implants: CompensationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33845More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many legal cases brought against the NHS by mesh-damaged women have been settled (a) in and (b) out of court in each of the past ten years.
Answer: NHS Resolution (NHSR) manages clinical negligence and other claims against the National Health Service in England, and while the information is not available in the format requested, they have provided the data below. This information only covers England ...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSurgical Mesh ImplantsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33844More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to commission (a) research into, and (b) training programmes for, improved techniques for removal of failed pelvic mesh implants from injured women including those removal met
Answer: The Department, through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), is currently funding research to develop a patient-reported outcome measure (PROM) for prolapse, incontinence, and mesh complication surgery. This will enable women to sel...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFenfluramineDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33376More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on the use of Fenfluramine to treat Lennox Gastaut Syndrome; and what representations his Department has had f
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) develops its guidance on new medicines independently and the Department has had no discussions with the NICE about its appraisal of fenfluramine for the treatment of Lennox Gastaut syndrome. Fur...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMefloquine: Side EffectsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32904More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department gives to medical practitioners on the (a) risks of harmful long-term effects resulting from the prescription of Lariam (Mefloquine) as an anti-malarial prophylaxis and
Answer: Mefloquine, commercially known as Lariam, is effective in the prevention and treatment of malaria and is licensed for use by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in the United Kingdom. The current product information for mefloqui...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPsychiatric Patients: HomicideDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29410More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his policy is on patient confidentiality in relation to sharing information on (a) inquiry reports and (b) other relevant information on killings by mentally ill people with the (i) families o
Answer: It is important that in such cases, National Health Service organisations are as transparent as possible within the bounds of the law, and that independent homicide reports are published and shared in line with legal guidance and with engagement from fami...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCare Homes: Hospital BedsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26404More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason NHS hospitals have not commissioned beds available in care homes to restore capacity on hospital wards by enabling patients to be discharged.
Answer: Local authorities should determine the volume and type of services, including care home beds, that are required to meet their responsibilities under the Care Act 2014. National Health Service integrated care boards, local authorities, and providers should...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordLearning Disability: NursesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26403More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications of the differential effects of the changes in last year's budget to National Insurance Contributions on employers of Learning Disabilities
Answer: We have taken tough decisions to fix the foundations in the public finances at Autumn Budget, and this enabled the Spending Review settlement of a £22.6 billion increase in resource spending for the Department from 2023/24 outturn to 2025/26. The employer...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordNurses: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26402More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the totals of students on (a) all BSc nursing degree courses, and (b) specific courses for the degree of BSc Nursing (Learning Disabilities) since 20
Answer: The National Health Service continues to offer rewarding careers, with many thousands of people choosing to study nursing and midwifery every year. The Department monitors the information published by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordGender Dysphoria: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20913More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Oral Statement of 11 December 2024 on Puberty-suppressing Hormones, Official Report, Column 923, what guidance his Department issues to parents considering taking their childr
Answer: There is no published guidance regarding young people under 18 years old travelling abroad for gender reassignment surgery. NHS Children and Young People’s Gender Services, which are commissioned in line with NHS England's interim service specification an...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAnalgesicsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17065More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his policy is on (a) doctors and (b) other qualified medical personnel administering pain-relieving drugs which may shorten lives; and whether regulations on that issue changed after the convi
Answer: A wide variety of medicines are used for the purpose of pain-relief, and they have differing levels of regulation. Some items can be bought off-the-shelf without a prescription, whilst others require authorisation from a medical professional. The Human Me...
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordNurses: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16122More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to ensure the availability of learning disability nursing studies programmes in the South East.
Answer: Individual universities are responsible for the courses that they offer. We have launched a 10-Year Health Plan to reform the National Health Service. A central and core part of this plan will be our workforce, and how we ensure we train and provide the s...
Answered 29 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordVisual Impairment: RehabilitationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15716More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to extend the remit of the Care Quality Commission to include vision rehabilitation services for blind and partially sighted people.
Answer: Under the Care Act 2014, local authorities in England have a legal duty to support people with sight loss to develop practical skills and strategies to maintain independence. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is now assessing how local authorities are mee...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHip ReplacementsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9691More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of NHS patients harmed by cobalt poisoning from modular neck hip replacements in each of the last three years.
Answer: The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is aware of concerns regarding modular neck hips and the risk of cobalt poisoning. We are investigating the issue with our stakeholders including the British Orthopaedic Association, British H...
Answered 24 Oct 2024
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